The project addresses the reality of Hybrid Threats (HTs), one of the key challenges to the security of democratic States in Europe and in the Atlantic Region. HTs exploit their targets’ vulnerabilities with a view to destabilizing them. Both military and non-military means, kinetic and cyber operations, as well as overt or covert actions may be included in the definition of HTs.

The term, firstly employed by NATO and then adopted by the EU, has been gaining momentum after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict.